ravenessn.
/reɪvəˈnɛs/, /ˈreɪvənᵻs/, U.S. /ˈreɪvənəs/ rare.
A female raven. Also: (a name for) a dark-haired woman.
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1623 J. Wodroephe Spared Houres Souldier 321/2 The Rauen loues his Rauenesse, because he finds her most faire.
1883 A. Stewart Nether Lochaber xix. 112 He is the model and pattern of faithful and affectionate husbands, never violating his conjugal vows, not even to the extent of the most innocent of flirtations or the most Platonic of intimacies with a neighbouring raveness, even though she should be younger, and sleeker, and glossier than his own.
2008 www.urbandictionary.com 6 Oct. (O.E.D. Archive) Raveness, a dark haired woman. As Poe's Leigia or any black-haired woman of significant beauty.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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